Another Saturday night.....

J is upstairs on his computer and the kids are finally asleep. Summer is always rough because of the extended day light. They never want to settle down quickly. It was a good day today. For the first time, B agreed to go to a movie and actually enjoyed the experience. Usually, he's so sensitive to sound, he hated being in the theater (maybe someone can tell me why the sound has to be so loud anyway?). Today, we went to a newer theater to see "Surf's Up". B had his hands over his ears for about 10 minutes until he realized it wasn't so loud then took them down. He and L had a blast! B had another first- he finally stood up to urinate. Yeah, I know that's not such a big deal, but B has been sooo stubborn about even trying it. It was a small step really, but for B, it was another big step. Why am I being so silly? Well, B is now 8 months off treatment for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. He had to go through 3+ years of chemotherapy along with some emotional issues. He's come such a long way for which I am grateful and tend to get a bit sappy when small milestones are met. I've been anxious over the past few days because he had been tired and moody. Me being the consummate worrier, I feared relapse. Then he had a day like today- happy, willing to try new things and my mind is at ease (well, somewhat). I won't ever lose that anxiety and some days, it's hard to deal with. I've had problems sleeping again, but now that he's feeling better, I'll do better tonight.

Whew, what a crazy week so far! My MIL came in late last week to meet with people who are building their house. Never knew there were so many things that you have to "pick". Each of the two houses that we bought were done when we got them. She actually wanted me to go with her on the appointments, but I think I would've rather walked on hot coals. I just can't sustain that much interest in fixtures and the price of plumbing fixtures. Please tell me how you can spend $900 on a kitchen faucet? Guess it's just the lower middle class genes in me, but I can't see any faucet worth that :-). The kids are doing well, although they have been so energetic that I am tired by 7PM. Thank God for summer camp! I think that takes the edge off of some of the energy. B has actually been attending a kindergarten camp for his new school this week, at least in the AM. He's enjoying it more than I thought he would. He's been so attached to his preschool that I thought this week would be really tough. He continues to surprise me- I only hope that this is not temporary and that his transition to this school in August will go OK. He is getting to go to camp in the PM, since I brilliantly had gone ahead and paid for camp. In all honesty, I had signed him up for all weeks of camp, not knowing when this kindergarten program was going to be. Oh well..... L is in camp as well and loving it. I am not ashamed to admit that I'm glad they are in camp- when these two are together at home, it's a huge likelihood that one of them will find some sort of trouble. Camp just means that I can actually get stuff done and they can work some energy out and play with friends. In my eyes, it's a win-win situation. B and I are getting along OK on the most part- he is still really impulsive and seems to develop selective hearing when we tell him to stop what he's doing. For example, I go to pick his up yesterday from camp- the teachers bring the kids outside to meet the parents. B dashes away to get to me, running into the school's driveway where cars are pulling in. Thank God there were no cars pulling in at that time! I talked to him yesterday about the importance of staying with his teachers until they send him to me and also talked to him again this AM. Hoping that something sinks in with him, especially this. Ugh!!! There are days where I feel like no matter what I say to him, he's going to do whatever he wants to do. Whew! Ever feel like you need a vacation from your kids? Anyway, gotta get moving before lunch.

Tired....

Well, it's Sunday and we may have survived another weekend. J is on call again and I'm fighting off a @#***$# cold. Not good when you're trying to keep up with 2 type A kids. At least two of B's friends had birthday parties this weekend (one yesterday and one today), so we had something "cool" to do. Temps here are in the high 80's and very sunny, so it was definately a good time for water activities! L (daughter, 3) was exhausted so nap time was not a big fuss. B (son, 5) is still awake- very rarely can I find an activity that will wear him out enough to sleep. They both have had enough sugar to put them into a coma, but come on- it's a birthday party! I'm sitting here thinking, "Damn, I still need to go to the store"- what's a good reason not to go? You mom know why I don't want to take 2 kids to the store. It's not a problem when I just have one, but when they both go, they "feed" off each other (trying to make each other laugh) and I spend most of my time keeping them from tearing the store apart. Hmmm, maybe I can just get something to eat tonight and then go tomorrow for everything else. OK, now I think I'm to the point where I am rambling- way too tired to be posting on a blog. More later.....